- 1救生艇
A lifeboat is a small boat kept on a ship, ready to be used if the ship is in danger, so people can escape safely. You also see lifeboats at beaches, ready for rescues at sea.
From the word’s history
Compound of life + boat.
life（生命）加 boat（船）：救生艇。
組成Life + boat — a boat for saving your life.
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lifeboatnoun/ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/
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nauticaltransportA boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
- I've got a watch that turns into a lifeboat
- In a corner of the churchyard, where old headstones mark the graves of many mariners, is a striking white statue of a lifeboatman, erected as a memorial to three members of the local lifeboat crew who lost their lives in 1916 while trying to reach a ship in distress.
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literaturemediapublishingAn emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.
lifeboatverb/ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/
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To rescue; to carry to safety
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